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Spinal Cord Lateral Hemisection and Asymmetric Behavioral Assessments in Adult Rats
JoVE Journal
Medicine
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JoVE Journal Medicine
Spinal Cord Lateral Hemisection and Asymmetric Behavioral Assessments in Adult Rats
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08:46 min

March 24, 2020

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Chapters

  • 00:05Introduction
  • 01:34Animal Preparation
  • 02:11Spinal Hemisection
  • 05:01Combined Behavior Score for Hemisection (CBS-HX) Assessments
  • 06:37Results: Representative Neurobehavioral Scoring
  • 08:15Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Here we describe surgical procedures to produce a reliable spinal cord lateral hemisection (HX) at the 9th thoracic level in adult rats and neurobehavioral assessments designed for detecting asymmetric deficits after such a unilateral injury.

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